One of the flagship stores in a new £440m shopping centre will be built with a significant hand from a Nottingham metal fabricator.

Essential Projects, in Bulwell, has won the contract to install bespoke metal and glass work within the Next store that will open in the revamped Westgate Shopping Centre, in Oxford.

The development will transform the existing centre into an 800,000 sq ft retail and leisure destination, featuring more than 100 new shops, 25 restaurants and cafes, a boutique cinema, rooftop terrace dining and numerous new public spaces.

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Work began in February 2015 and the project is due to be completed this autumn.

Essential Projects was contracted by construction giant Laing O’Rourke to design, manufacture and install bespoke feature metal and glass staircases, make structural alterations, as well as manufacture a number of bespoke steel architectural features required within the new Next store.

It expects to complete its work within the unit by the end of September in a project that is valued in excess of £100,000 and has so far created four new fabricating jobs at the Nottingham company.

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Managing Director Eliot Saxton said: “It is a privilege to work on a scheme of this magnitude.

“It is our understanding of our clients’ needs that enables Essential Projects to provide truly bespoke solutions which caters to their exact requirements.”

Founded in 2008 by Mr Saxton, Essential Projects specialises in staircases, balconies, canopies, metal railings and other glass structures used within retail, commercial offices and heritage buildings.

The company employs five designers, engineers and fabricators, and also has a team of sub-contractors who work on sites across the UK.